Poor show at Evian
With conflict at home and the fall-out from the war on Iraq, initiatives to reduce debt in the South and to advance African development slipped off the G-8 summit's agenda, writes David Tresilian from Paris

African window-dressing?
The G-8 offered African economies little more than the usual rhetoric, writes Wael Gamal

Turning up the heat
Tony Blair is being increasingly cornered on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, reports Alistair Alexander from London

A meeting of minds
US President George W Bush came, saw, and conquered St Petersburg. Shohdy Naguib reports from Russia

Unaccountable elites
British writer Mark Curtis talked to Assem El-Qersh , in London, about his latest book on British interests in the Middle East. Below are extracts from the interview

A new beginning
A semblance of joy has returned to Argentina with the inauguration of President Nestor Kirchner. Hisham El-Naggar writes from Buenos Aires

Losing a battle
The Bush administration's "war on terror" may also include a war on many of the gains made by AIDS activists, writes Negar Azimi